moka'ẽ

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• mboka'ẽ, mbonga'ẽ, monga'ẽ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.kaˈʔɛ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃
• Hyphenation: mo‧ka‧'ẽ

Noun

moka'ẽ (possessable)

1. buccan (a framework or grill upon which meat is laid to to be roasted)
2. buccan; barbecue (grilled meat)
3. verbal noun of moka'ẽ

Descendants

• Nheengatu: mukaẽ
• → French: boucan
  • → English: boucan, buccan
• → Portuguese: moquém

Verb

moka'ẽ (first-person singular active indicative aîmoka'ẽ, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmoka'ẽî, gerund moka'ẽmo, noun moka'ẽ) (transitive)

1. to buccan; to grill

Conjugation

    Conjugation of moka'ẽ (transitive, nasal vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	moka'ẽukar
Reflexive	îemoka'ẽ
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîmoka'ẽba'e
emi-	emimoka'ẽ／mimoka'ẽ
-pyr(a)	i moka'ẽpyra
-sab(a)	moka'ẽsaba
-sar(a)	moka'ẽana／moka'ẽsara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîmoka'ẽ	ereîmoka'ẽ	oîmoka'ẽ	oroîmoka'ẽ	îaîmoka'ẽ	peîmoka'ẽ
Permissive	t'aîmoka'ẽ	t'ereîmoka'ẽ	t'oîmoka'ẽ	t'oroîmoka'ẽ	t'îaîmoka'ẽ	ta peîmoka'ẽ
Imperative		eîmoka'ẽ				peîmoka'ẽ
Negative indicative	n'aîmoka'ẽî	n'ereîmoka'ẽî	n'oîmoka'ẽî	n'oroîmoka'ẽî	n'îaîmoka'ẽî	na peîmoka'ẽî
Negative permissive	t'aîmoka'ẽ umẽ	t'ereîmoka'ẽ umẽ	t'oîmoka'ẽ umẽ	t'oroîmoka'ẽ umẽ	t'îaîmoka'ẽ umẽ	ta peîmoka'ẽ umẽ
Negative imperative		eîmoka'ẽ umẽ				peîmoka'ẽ umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	moka'ẽ
Negative	moka'ẽe'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe moka'ẽmo	nde moka'ẽmo	i moka'ẽmo	oré moka'ẽmo	îandé moka'ẽmo	pe moka'ẽmo
Negative	xe moka'ẽe'yma	nde moka'ẽe'yma	i moka'ẽe'yma	oré moka'ẽe'yma	îandé moka'ẽe'yma	pe moka'ẽe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe moka'ẽû		i moka'ẽû	oré moka'ẽû	îandé moka'ẽû
Negative	xe moka'ẽe'ymi		i moka'ẽe'ymi	oré moka'ẽe'ymi	îandé moka'ẽe'ymi

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moka'ẽ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 294, columns 1–2